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About Eagle Valley news. (Richland, Or.) 191?-1919 | View Entire Issue (March 7, 1918)
OLD SOL TO BE ply their guests with Simmon glass other things through which they E. & W. Chandler Differenttore New Spring Goods Now In TOTALLY ECLIPSED iilll (no upie no is piu in (no ni v llio moon. winrr wrii iiuumi l'tiuui uu win i i .ni.iim nviinin urn kviiii r ip hit On June 8th Next a Path of Darkness Will Extgnd pn- tirely Across the united States About IVIiclday. qulnlil. U'ashlnBtn 8ultyhur Hpil llllll L Ulllllll llll V '!,, M .villi.., Ill ti.... -. rf Tt.. nr ilia iidiiiii I,.... New Seed Vojles, beautifully figured New soljd and striped Voiles New Piquas and Indian Head New Checked, Striped and Plaid Ginghams New Window Scrims, plairt figured and bordered New arrival of Children's Black Cat Hose New. Vincow Shades New Novelty Rnrfds Rifck Racks and Stickerie New line of TRENCH HATS first in Assorted Colors Buy War Savings Stamp? to Help Yourself and Help Win the War LOCAL ANDOTHERWISE Dr. McArthur was a visitor from Baker th's wee!'. Mrs. Ella Foyen of Baker is at the L. C. Holman residence. R. W. Shirley of Ontario is vis iting vith Jack Jamison and may locate here. Military style hats for ladies, latest out, can be bought at Saun ders Dro's. ad Miss Maude Halley accompan ied Miss May Murphy to Halfway Saturday, returning Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Otis Moody have moved to the Basche Ranch on Snake River recently purchaser! by Orson Moody. Auto and truck drivers are ur gently needed in the army and volunteers will De accepted from the man subject to draft. We can well afford to save and lend. We mustsave and lend our savings to the government if the Hun hordes are to be kept from despoiling our nation. Jas. E. Poole of Chicago, one of the highest authorities on live stock in this country, recently said; "It would be particularly Parker's Movies TO-NIGHT New Bridge on Friday night Don't Fail to Come i i Admission: Adults 25c; Children 15c Public Auction! NEW BRIDGE Monday, Mar. 11 Headlights burning it midday In order to light up the darkness that will coino with u total eclipse of tho sun. This Is what Is to happen on the Union racltlo System on June 8th next. Tho Union Pnclflc will liavo practically a monopoly on the eclipse, the path of totality fol lowing Its lines across Colorado. Wyo ming. Utah, Idaho, Oregon and Wash ington. The need for turning on tho head lights Is no Joke. The moon Is tho cause of It all. On that dato Luna be comes looncy and stops directly In front of old Sol, shuttlnc out tho light almost as completely as If nn Incandescent Klobe had had Its current switched off. Among the peaks that tower around Denver and In Rocky Mountain National Park; In tho canyons near Ogden und Salt Lake City, where you see the Devil's Slide: through the denso forests and mountain dclllcs on tho way to Yellowstone Park, und down the Colum bia Illvcr gorge, where you see Multno mah Falls, Mount Hood, and the fufribus Columbia Itlvcr Highway, the darkness will bo more real than out on the plalnr. Never before In the history of tho world has a single railroad system had n monopoly on such an Impnrtnnt event an an ccllpso of the sun, nnd tor that reason the Union Pacific System Is net ting everything in readiness to be host to the rest of the country, who may want to Journey out to the mountains to take u look at their private eclipse which they have all ready to pull off In their own front yard. Scientists, near-scientists nnd Just curious wt mnko the trip nnd they will be given n regular llttlo eclipse, too. The West always does these things bet ter than other folks. Quite some time will bo consumed In KRttlng the moon directly In front of tho "boss" nnd It will take a little while to got her swny again, but she will "hesi tate," that Is, alio will demonstrate; oncu more, to old Sol, that he Is not tho whole thing and shut him out "totnlly" for nearly two minutes. That Is the time the lights will have to be turned on. If during those two minutes the busy hnnds of tho mothers, sisters and sweet hearts are to continue with sweaters and mufflers, and tho Union Pacific trains nro to glide Into the canyons nnd out ngaln with their usual and time honored safety. Someone at this point In no doubt wondering what the soldiers In the trenches will think of tho eclipse, Welt, they aren't In on It. This Is an Ameri can eclipse, In fact n Union Pacific eclipse, which Is something worth think ing about when we remember that we will not have nnntlwr tntnl erllpsn In these good old United States for twenty-seven yeura, llesult: Denver Is right there, as she always Is. Dean Herbert A. llowo of Denver University tins polished up his big telescope, fixed up a lot of extra things to go with It and tins sent letters nil over the country with thn legend, DISNVKR WELCOMES YOU, printed In big type. The folks at Yerkes Ob servatory at Green Hay, Wisconsin, aro golriif to bo nl Denver. Other observa tories will send their best scientists. In order to mnko sure, however, that they will not mlsM anything thnt muy bo re vealed behind the skirts of the moon, delegations are nlso getting ready to visit Orecn Itlver, Wyoming. On the dirts uenr this little mountain town they will set up their Instruments and get things ull rendy to take a look. Tho thing they will bo looking for most Intently Is whut tho astronomers call the corona. The corona Is a ring of light thnt completely surrounds tho sun nnd by some Is called a halo, tho sun being the only thing In all the universe that tins n real honest-to-gooduess halo. Many men have been reputed to wear luil os and many others think they do, but the sun Is the only thing that can irovo It, ana nuiiiy enough it Is his ictter half, tho mmm. thnt comes along about every quarter century nnd pulls .. ... I -..tl.. I .. 1 1. it'll u iuiui (.iiipu ill uiuci i.i iiiiintT uiu I old world sit up nnd tnke notice of this ' halo which old Sol wears Usually u total eclipse Is to be seen only In the ' far-away places of the world, the South i Sen Islands or China, and never before, Int least so sny the folks at Denver ob servatory, has the path of totality been I laid out aver n course that takes In n big telcscopo like that nt tho Colorndo i capital. Long's Peak, In Rocky Mountain Na tional Park, will be one of the highest points In the pnth of tntnllty and nil the I big summer resort hotels that cluster IB llllll QDIIIIIJ.', l.niltllM li'll, r, I'VI 1.VIIW It Is up In tho mountains nnd on hli;li nisteuuH. Iinivover. whero . country for many years, While the Union Pacific System tho cities nnd towns through whip runs In tho st ilm named above have n monopoly on the total cell thrro will be a partial eclipse over' Hlutrs nnd a considerable pqrtton irnnntia, ranging iruin cs per ecu llllll, ill rvnw I nrs i nv ill , nnr n n .. 1 1 l . .. t t l .. .. . am . . ....... VV.,, , HPIMIIHIVIII nn. nuiAM nun ifim nAifrnfl nr ifiin are as renown: Minneapolis, 78 per cent! Chicago? per cent! univeston, Texas, ss per ct Philadelphia, Pa., 71 percent, St l.oi Mo., 88 per cent: Cheyenne, Wyo 87 cent: Heleuu, Mont., 02 per cent, O ha. Neb.. 88 per cent! New Orleium. US per cent; Lincoln. Neb., 90 pur eel Jacksonville. Kin,. 99 tier cent, a 1mio City, Utah, 97 per cent. Toiirijra Kan., 93 per cent; Albuquerque, N i&H 89 per cent; Atinnts, un 92 per vom',1 Dcs Moines, Iowa, 85 per cent. I'll'? ra. u., so per ccm; weirou, , cent: Phonilx, Arl. 79 per eon. Wis.. 76 per cent, Spok t3 per crnt; Illsinarck, N, 1)., 81 me, cent; Pittsburg, Pa., 74 per cent, I ville, Ky., ai per cent, Mmhvuic, Ti't; 90 ner rout; llano. New. 87 tier ctMtt: Sacramento, fa l 83 per cent, 1 ilt-Md N. C, 83 per cent. Mount Hun II' (Lick Ohservntory), Cnl 78 per i: xi. ...... Mil-n. .......... i.. c.tn.. ,t..ilill .i.i-w.i i v .1 , .1" I, .11 .iwi.ii wi vntorr). Cal,. 74 ic cent Por avtmtP, 'Mo., CO per cent; Portland. Ore, 99 mri I cent! Colorado Springs, Colo.. 89 fgth I cent, and Huston, Mass, C3 i.-r cetitiaMtti wi wiiii ran get rcnuy inr n mill. tho mountains over the Union Pa nnd srn n real eclipse of the sun I you can t come, get your smoxen g rendy and on Juno 8th about no: go out Into the buck yard and ta I look. r rent. IMi'tm,1! t, Mich, 71 mA icr cunt, Mm3 pokaue, WuMgf ANXIOUS TIMES FOR THE ADMIRAL,) IS HE LOOKING FOR THE ENEMY? NOT MUCH I A REAL FRIEND -THE ORDERLY WITH OUR SUPPLY OF W-B CUT.t YES-AND IF HE DOESN ttnrv 1 1 p I lilt Jk rlUKHi I ll uivt nin WEEK IN THE BRIG! Having disposed of my property and expecting to leave soon I will sell to the highest bidder on the -above day and date at my home Mr, and Mrs. W. E. Bean and THE FOLLOWING i family will leave the first of next 1 large Cupboard 1 Dresser ' week for Lebanun, Ore., where 1 large Mirror, bevel French plate Mr. Bean has accepted the pas glass in solid oak frame torate of a church. l Kitchen stove with reservoir To Lease 54a sage brush land 1 heater 8 heavy comforts , all under ditch; will make it worth 1 iron bedstead 2 feather beds while to renter for term of years. 35 gals canned fruit and pickles 'Call -on address Clint Graven, f 1) & Trxl 25 gals 2-yr-old apple cider 1 cold water cream separator 1 double shovel plow 1 6 1-2 foot cross cut saw 1 o-tooth cultivator 1245 Place St., Baker. ad2tp The mayor has started "spring clean-up" by ordering all open i hay stacks and manure piles re- 1 1 -l- '111... i. ,! II1UVUU Ut UIIUU'. J.IIU IIUAU UIUL'I A large lot of Dr. Kcch's rem--1 will be to shut up tho chickens. nies and specialties lW L Kfrby was down from Dishes and miscellaneous articles Lookout the first of the week. cjoi i i .. ! Ffo Raid the iras3 was prowintr uaiu uuui ij ul i u i: nnn't . n ' ' fail to be on hand early. FRED WILKINS, Owner fortunate for the livestock Inter ests of the entire Pacific North west if II. $1. Stanfield was nom inated and elected U. S. senator." in fine shape in that section and that he had turned his cattle out on the range. Taken Up a bay horse Weight around 1000 lbs; branded JB on rightstifie; saddle marked; owner may have same by paying fcr keep and cost of advertising. Thos. Seigel, Richland, Ore.--adv METHODIST rui it? rn Sunday School at 10:00 a. m.. E. E. Holman, superintendent. Preaching at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Epworth League at (3:30. Prayer meeting every Wednes day evening at 7:30 o'clock. Choir practice at 7:30 Thursday evening. The Woman's Missionary So ciety meets the third Thursday afternoon of each month. The Board of Stewards holds its regular meeting Tuesday eve ning after the first Sunday of each month. Everybody cordially invited to attend all of the services of the church. A. Thomas, Pastor Dance Given by, Red Cross Auxiili; One German army has already occupied America. The invisible host of spies is everywhere. Be careful what you say a word to a spy is sufficient, even nif o-'Jictiii jl 1 n h h - i i ii iirrnrrinr m m mtmr Entertainment Dance Lunch i i . i i rn liverytiiing -Liiiiereni '